The Conrad 30 State Waiver Program is designed for international medical graduates (IMGs) who have entered the U.S. in a J-1 visa status to complete medical training and are subject to the two-year home residence requirement...more
On March 3, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Ukraine will be designated for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. TPS is available for those Ukrainian nationals who are already in the...more
On Thursday, February 18, House Democrats introduced the Biden Administration’s Immigration Bill “The U.S. Citizenship Act.” This is an ambitious, comprehensive immigration bill that likely will not be passed as a...more
On November 2, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to effectively end the random H-1B visa lottery selection process used when U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...more
11/23/2020
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
F-1 Visa ,
H-1B ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) H-1B Strengthening Rule and Department of Labor (DOL) Prevailing Wage Interim Final Rules were published last week, launching a 30-day comment period. Employers who hire H-1B...more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) H-1B Strengthening Rule and Department of Labor (DOL) Prevailing Wage Interim Final Rules will be published tomorrow, launching a 30-day comment period. Employers need to take...more
It’s strikingly apparent that the current global pandemic of COVID-19 is impacting travel and visa/immigration processes worldwide. As of right now, all USCIS processing centers for visa petitions remain open and...more
On January 23, 2020, the Federal Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a scathing decision that has garnered much attention. (Baez-Sanchez v. Barr, No. 19-1642 (7th Cir. 2020). It was not the merits of the...more
1/29/2020
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Appeals ,
Article III ,
Board of Immigration Appeals ,
Crime Victims ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Employee Transfers ,
H-1B ,
L-1 Visas ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
Remand ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Standard of Proof ,
Statutory Requirements ,
U Visas ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
USCIS
On November 14, 2019 the Trump Administration proposed increasing the cost of filing many types of non-immigrant and immigrant visa applications. The proposed rule to implement these fees increases is currently open for...more
12/30/2019
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Comment Period ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Fees ,
Green Cards ,
H-1B ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
L-1 Visas ,
Non-Immigrant Visas ,
Proposed Rules ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas
It's March and here we are in the middle of another H-1B cap season. So I did what I do almost every day this time of year: I got up to head in to the office. But first I went for a run to clear my head. It is Saturday. It is...more
4/8/2019
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Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration Procedures ,
L-1 Visas ,
O-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability ,
OPT ,
Request for Evidence (RFEs) ,
STEM ,
USCIS ,
Visa Caps
In this series, Partner Danielle Rizzo explores how several small changes to student visa policy by the Trump Administration are having a major impact on the international student population in the United States. These...more
1/23/2019
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Colleges ,
Deportation ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
F-1 Visa ,
Foreign Students ,
H-1B ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
OPT ,
Resident Status ,
STEM ,
Students ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities ,
Unlawful Presence Waivers ,
USCIS ,
Work Visas